According to the Metropolitan Planning Council, in the fy 2016 budget, Illinois spend around $1.1-billion on general administration expenses, making it the only state in the county to have over $1-billion in general administration expenses, despite only serving the 5th most students in the country.  For comparison, Illinois spent 33-percent more than California, despite their public-school system only serving over 3 times as many students.  What would Illinois districts save if they could reduce general administration spending to the national average, well they could spend approximately $645-million less per year, which would result in a savings of $318 per students.  One of the driver’s of administration costs is the number of students a district serves.  As of July 1st, 2018, there were 852 districts in Illinois, with 211 serving only one school, 31 districts with fewer than 100 students and 463 districts with fewer then 1,000 students.  For example, Morris Illinois is a town of 15,000 residents, with 3 elementary school districts and 1 high school district.  Each elementary school district has only 1 school, with one having 86 students and the other two having over 800.